Position Statements
‘Journey of NHS and social care recovery will be long and complicated’ – SAM past president (02 August)
Commenting on NHS data obtained by The Guardian which showed three million people on NHS England waiting lists have had no care since a GP referral, Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “This data is a further illustration of the depth of the crisis that the NHS faces.…
Read More‘Focus being placed in wrong areas’ with publication of NHS league tables – SAM statement (10 July)
Commenting on the release today (10 July) of a new NHS England dashboard naming England’s best and worst performing hospitals for waiting times, cancer treatment and other key targets, a spokesperson for SAM, said: “We are concerned that focus is being placed in the wrong areas, with the risk that introducing league tables, alongside other…
Read More‘Data demonstrates fundamental gaps between the ambitions of NHS plan and lived realities’ – SAM president (10 July)
Following the release today (10 July) of the latest NHS performance data, Dr Nick Murch, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “The latest NHS performance data demonstrates quite clearly the urgent and immediate attention required before there is even a slim chance the aspirations of the NHS 10-Year Plan will become a reality…
Read MoreResponse to the NHS 10-Year Plan from the Society for Acute Medicine
The Society for Acute Medicine welcomes the ambition set out in the NHS 10-Year Plan today (03 July) and supports its overarching aim: to deliver a more integrated, person-centred and preventative health and care system. These goals are necessary and right. However, from an acute medical perspective, there are fundamental gaps between the aspirations of…
Read MoreSAM echoes concerns raised by RCEM over delayed discharges in Scotland
Commenting on data published by Public Health Scotland on Tuesday (24 June) which revealed there were 720,119 days spent in hospital by people who were well enough to go home during the year 2024/5, Dr Claire Gordon, Scotland representative for the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “SAM shares the concerns raised by the Royal College of Emergency…
Read MoreHot Weather Health Plan (11 June)
The Society for Acute Medicine has produced the following guidance to supportclinicians working in acute services to:
Read More‘Spending review request is simple: investment in staffing and capacity’ – SAM past president (10 June)
Commenting on the upcoming Spending Review for The i Paper (10 June), Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “Urgent and emergency care remains in a state of crisis: a microcosm of NHS and social care which is struggling in all areas and completely collapsed in others. Therefore, when…
Read More‘Significant rise in corridor care a national scandal’ says SAM past president (10 April)
Commenting on the latest NHS performance data released today (10 April), Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “It is imperative that today’s analysis of the latest NHS performance data focuses on the number of 12-hour delays in emergency departments. There has been a significant rise in the number…
Read More‘Confusion and uncertainty likely to exacerbate frustrations with NHS further’ says SAM president-elect (14 March)
Writing for The i Paper on the latest NHS performance statistics and the government’s announcement to abolish NHS England (14 March), Dr Vicky Price, president-elect of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “Performance data released this week showed an expectedly bleak picture, particularly for the almost 48,000 patients who waited more than 12 hours in…
Read More‘NHS in permanent state of decline’ – SAM president (13 March)
Commenting on the release today (13 March) of the latest NHS performance data and the announcement of the decision to abolish NHS England, Dr Nick Murch, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “The NHS is in a permanent state of decline heading towards complete stasis. “The dire state of affairs we face is…
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